Three Stones Make a Wall
The Story of Archaeology
In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, I see wonderful things. Carter's fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall. Written by Eric Cline, an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, this book traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeo…
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Weitere Autoren: Fawkes, Glynnis (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-0-691-18323-7
- EAN: 9780691183237
- Produktnummer: 26367336
- Verlag: University Presses
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.4 cm x D3.5 cm 449 g
- Abbildungen: 54 b/w illus. 2 maps
- Gewicht: 449
Über den Autor
Eric H. Cline is professor of classics and anthropology and director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at George Washington University. His many books include 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Princeton).
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